Washing-machine.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

J. w; SEIFERTY WASHINGMAGHINE. I APPLICATION FILED 0OT.27, i906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

" -/NVENTO/? JEIHN -SEIPERT WITNESSES PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

J. W. SEIFBRT. I WASHING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED OUT 27 1906 INVENTOH JOHN WSELFERT ATTORNEYSWaslfing-h Iachiiies,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN W. smmfifilsfib GEORGIA.

I WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

T o'all whom, it may concern:

-Be it known that I, JOHN W. SEIFERT, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Point, in thecounty of Fulton and State of Georgia, have made an Improvement in ofwhich the following is a-speeification. 3

My invention is an improvement in the .felass'of boilerwashing-machines, and comtle prlses certain novel features hereinafterset In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a side viewshowing the cover raised and the clothes-drum raised and swung laterallyoff the body of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detail section on line 2*- 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the machine. Fig. 4 is avertical section at right angles to the section illustrated in 'Fig. 3,Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the perforated wa- .tertubeswhich traverse the interior of the.

clothes-drum. Fig. 6 is the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the machine is constructed of sheet metal of suitablethickness, and it is preferably rectangular in form, althou h it mayhave various polygonal forms, if de-' sired. Within thebody A isarranged a fuelgrate a, (see F ig.-4) and below it an ash-pan a. Awater-holder or kettle B is supported on the body A and provided with apipe 6, having a discharge-cock located outside said body. A cover A,whose lower portion is square, is hinged to and adapted to fit and adetail section on seat upon the flanged upper portion of-the bod A.Within'the space between the ket- {3 and top A is arranged a rotatingclothes-drum 03*6119 same having lateral stub-shafts 0 cf, by whichit isnormally journaled in notches a", (see Fig. 2,) formed in the top edgeof the body A A crank c is a plied to the shaft 0 for revolving theelhthes-drum C. The latter has a reticulated peri hery, which in thisinstance is shown mar e of woven wire, and its sides are con--cave-convex and preferably formed of sheet metal of requisite thickness.The drum is traversed interiorly by tubes 0", (see especially Fi s. 4and 5,) the same extending through t e sides of the drum and being 0 enat their ends and also provided alon glall t leir sides with a series ofperforations. 1e tubes are thus adapted to allow free passage of wa- 1.ter and also to carry up a portion of the same as the drum revolves andallow its discharge upon the clothes contained in the drum.

this means the tubes greatly facilitate the quick washing of theclothes. They are made triangular in cross-section in prefer ence to acylindrical form, so that as the clothes-drum revolves they may betterengage the clothes .and carry short distance, then allowing them toslide oil and fall back into the water. The tubes thus constituteabutments which come in contact with the clothes at each rotation of thedrum and serve to roll the clothes upward and also separate anddistribute them in an eil'ective manner.

Fuel. being placed on the v grate a and ignited it is obvious that thewater which fills the boiler or kettle B will be heated, and] the drum Cbeing partly immersed therein the clothes contained in it will besubg'ectcd to the action of the boiling water an( them upward a suchpressure of steam as may be generated. 'The smoke and other uneonsumedgases from the fire-chamber will escape through the lateral pipe a",

po nt 0 posite the kettle B. The pipe is which is attached to the body Aat 21* provide with a damperv to regulate thedraft.

When the elothes have been duly treated in the drum (J, the top A israised, together with the drum C, and the latter is swung oil the bodyA, as indicated in Fig. 2. FOl'illlS purpose. I employ a lever 1),formed of" parallel side portions-(1,, whose outer ends are connected,the same being pivoted to'brackets ll, extending upwardl'rom the body A,to which they are permanently attached. The lever-arms (I extend on thesides of body A and are bent at a slightly-obtuse angle at their pivotalpoints and are also bent up ward at an obtuse angle under thestub'sllalts c c. Pinions care mounted on shafts c c and mesh with racksformed on levers l). (See Fig. 6.) i

The end of the lever-armsd are rovided with inwardly-projecting ins d,see Fig. 2",) and the same under ie the horizontal flange a of an;angle-iron attached to the where they pass v ward against-the flanges(1- and raise the cover A, tilting it-l'iackward upon its hinges,

the drum rides down on the arms 1) until its stub-shafts c come incontact with hooked sto sd At the same time thepinsd in the on s of thelever I) come ht contact w|thsto )s (1., (see Fig. 1,) which are formedatthe on s of the angle-irons. Thus the levenl). is

prevented. from tilting farther downward,

and consequently the clothes-drum remains supportedon the sameiexteriorto the pivotal points of the lever; .'lhe-lever c" v of the elothes-drummay then be openecL-as shown 4 in F ig. 2, 'to permit discharge of theclothes. In order-to place in. the drum other ClOl'litS which are tobewashed,-'the drum is rotated to bring the cover on the-upper side, andthe,

clothes having been inserted'the cover is "closed; and fastened. 'l-henthe =lever I) is ,tilted back to'the.posit-ion'shown in Fig. 1, wherebythe elot-hes-drltin rides baek'until it comes in contact with the innerhooks 'or steps d", jwhieh are arranged adjacent to the lower'or innerobtuse angle of the lever.

Itwill be noted that when the leveris .tilted into the position shown inFig: Z the pins (1 engage the stops 1' ormed at theends of the flangesor guides (fig-and lthns-thecover is locked into position- "The weightof the. .clothes-drun'i 'on'the leverexteriorto the pivotal oints of thelever insurestliis posi+ tion of t to cover untilthe drum is allowed toslide back into ,the body A an(l:resuine its i voted, are pref *rablyformed by strap or and iron, w uch is extended downward on i the sidesof the body A and laterally at the basethereof, thus forming l'eetc,thatrest on the floor or other base whereon the nut/chine stands. Sincethese fee-t ef-extend .in the same directi n'as the brackets lC,- it isobvious that their leverage op )oses the tendency prising ahollow-vertical body provided with of the machine to tilt. in t latdirection when the lever is thrown into the position shown in Fig. 2,and the'weigh t of the clothesdrum is supported on the lever exterior tothe. The .whole machine, is easily portable, it

being provided on op osite sides with han Iclaim '1. The llHPl'OVNlwashing-inachine coma boiler supported in its upper portion, a movablecover, and a r( -ticu|ated drum having laterallyqn iject'ing shafts, alever pivot ed on supports :Uljtlfitilb to-the 'l'ront otsaid. body, andits free endsextended rearwardly,

beneath the. drum-shat ts, the cover br. ng

the latter removed from the body, as de scribed.

2. The improved washmg-Inaohme comprising a hollow body having aninterior boiler, a hinged cover, and a rotatable clothes-drum inclosedin the space between the boiler and the cover, and provided with lateral'shaf-ts,'and a lever'pivotally connected with the body and having itsinner portions constructed with an upward curve or angle and-underlyingthe drum-shafts, the cover having lateral projections that overlie, andare thus'adapted to enga e, the ends of the lever when the lever istilted, as shown and described; f

3. The improved washing-machine oomprisin a hollow body, a cover hingedthereto, a lever pivot-ed upon fixed supports attached to the body, theinner ends of the levers having a slidin connectionwith the cover, and arotatable elotl1es-drum having lateral shafts, which project over the.lever and are adapted to ride thereon, whereby when .the lever-is tiltedthe cover is raised and the drum-also raised out of the/body andsuspended from the levers exterior to said body, substantially asdescribed. '4. The. combination with a body, and a cover hinged thereto,of a lever pivoted to supports on the body, and provided with stops onopposite sides of the pivotalpoints, the-inner ends of the lever beingconnected with the cover so'that when the lever is tilted the cover israised, and a rotatable clothesdrum supported normallyin the body andhaving lateral projections ad'a' 'ited to ride on the lever whenthe sameis tilted so-that the druin is raised out of the'b'odya'nd supportedlaterally exterior thereto, substantially as described.

5. The ooinbination'with a hollow body, and alunged cover having lateralflanges on rec opposite sides, of a lever pivoted to supports onthebody, and havlng at its free inner ends projections,whieh engage the"said flange and the cover, so that the latter is raised when the leveris tilted, substantially as'described.

6. The combination with a "hollow' body having a'eover hinged theretoand-provide with horizontal flanges on opposite sides 'the same havingstops at the ends farthest om the'hinge, of a lever pivoted uponsupports connected with the body andhavmg devices for engaging theaforesaid flanges and for slidingin contact therewith, so that the coverIS raised and supported in an inclined position when the lever 18depressed as described. v 7. 'lhe combination with a hollow body,

and a cover hinged thereto and rovided with lateral guides having stopsat t eir ends farthest from the hinges, and lever-bars provsubstantially as described. q

jecting upward from the front of said body, i JOHN W. SEIFERT. of-a,two-arm lever pivoted upon the said Witnesses: 1 bars, the inner freeends of the lever-arms en- A. MOD. WILSON, Jr.,

gaging the guides of the cover whereby when S. R. JoHNsToN, Jr

the outer end of the lever is depressed the cover is raised and lockedin open position,

